I saw a lot of myself in Viv’s description of indecision and the wisdom of accepting offers and doing something… one step at a time.
What do we mean by “reading the room?”
An project with the Oxford Praxis Lab
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A spark across a gap
Learning happens best when the gap isn’t too great…
Power, love and “cheap tricks”
Magic, relationship and changing status
Arriving without luggage
leaving your props behind
Ghost lights..
feeling the power of presence… and what it really means to ‘read the room.’
Hand grenades and hamster wheels
we’re hungry for connection
Are we really connecting?
What brings conversations to life is often missed when we aim too high
Singing on the subway
What I learned singing to strangers on the subway, and why emotional connections matters even more in a hi-tech era.
Fingerspitzengefühl
When facilitating, more and more I want to sense the next move at my fingertips
Ski poles…
Letting go in order to get in flow…
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Freakonomics and complexity
Dave Pollard reviews Freakonomics. Like Dave I think it’s important to see the difference between complex and complicated. (This is the jumping-off point for my More Space chapter, to be
26 July 2005
All brand and no business
johnmoore (no relation) is on the money commenting on the demise of Song: Hmm … the brand should never create the business … hmm. That’s exactly what I thought today
30 October 2005
Just enough
Tom Guarriello has a nice post on doing just enough facilitation. Just enough = elegant = the sweet spot. That’s what I’m looking for whenever I design anything: a meeting
1 November 2005
Technology breakthrough
At last! End those watched-pot-never-boils-blues. You’ll be able to turn on your kettle by sending an SMS. No doubt it plays the theme tune from “EastEnders”. [Hat tip: The Bumble
21 October 2005